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<font face="Arial" size="2"><p align="center"><b><font size="4">PreferenceGroup()</font></b></p>
<p><b>Syntax</b></p><blockquote>
Result = <font color="#006666"><b>PreferenceGroup</b></font>(Name$)</blockquote>

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<b>Description</b><br><blockquote>

Creates a new group (in the form: [Name$]) or changes the current group in the preference file. 
All following read or write operations will be restricted to this group. 
To move outside of any groups, an empty 'Name$' can be used. 

</blockquote><p><b>Parameters</b></p><blockquote>
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<tr><td width="10%"><i>Name$</i></td>
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The new group name. 

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</blockquote><p><b>Return value</b></p><blockquote>

Nonzero if the group was already created, zero otherwise. 

</blockquote><p><b>Remarks</b></p><blockquote>

If the group does not exist yet, it will not be created immediately. It will instead be created once 
the first key is written to it. This allows to use the PreferenceGroup() function to test if a group exists 
without creating many empty groups. 

</Blockquote><p><b>Supported OS </b><Blockquote>All</Blockquote></p><center><- <a href=preferencecomment.html>PreferenceComment()</a> - <a href=index.html>Preference Index</a> - <a href=preferencegroupname.html>PreferenceGroupName()</a> ->

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